A reminder that the uniform shop not only sells new uniforms but also has a range of pre-loved uniforms at reasonable prices. Opening times are Tuesday from 8.30am to 9.30am and Wednesday 3.00pm to 4.00pm.
I would like to thank our fantastic volunteers for their ongoing support in the canteen this year, we really appreciate your assistance.
If your child has been given an emergency lunch order, could you please make your payment via Qkr! as soon as possible. As we are coming to the end of the year our menu options will be limited as we will not be replenishing stock until the new year.
Anita, Ann and Kerry - Canteen Staff
The Year 6 Mitcham Primary School Graduation Disco will be held on Friday 8th December. See flyer below for details.
Citizen Science opportunity this weekend!
The 'Great Southern BioBlitz', or 'GSB' for short, is an international period of intense biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within several designated areas across the Southern Hemisphere in Spring. The #GSB23 will be held from the 24th until the 27th of November, incorporating different communities, areas and regions across the Southern Hemisphere. See https://www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org/how-to-participate-in-the-gsb
It's a chance to contribute to some real international Citizen Science. Consider observing in your local park, backyard or even the school grounds! All you need to do is install and use the iNaturalist App to upload photos or sounds of living things in your location. Birds, plants, insects, lizards, fungi - anything living that you find. Focus on wild rather than cultivated examples. There's also some suggested challenges that you could try. Tip - you can change privacy settings between precise and approximate location for each observation, so you can upload the general area rather than your precise location. It would be great to see lots of observations near the school this year! Find something new with our #GSB23 Challenges
Please see below the upcoming important dates and school events for term 4 2023.
| Tuesday 28th November | Family Night Concert |
| Friday 8th December | Year 6 Social |
| Wednesday 13th December | Whole School Transition |
| Thursday 14th December | Year 6 Graduation Ceremony |
| Friday 15th December | End of Term 4 - Early dismissal 2.15pm |
A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone for helping to make the 2023 - MPS Quiz Night a huge success.
The Quiz Night sold out in record time!!! With your support, we have managed to raise an incredible $17,000 to purchase outdoor seating and additional play equipment!!!
This year our theme ‘MPS’ allowed tables to come dressed as something that inspired them from these 3 letters. What a range of costumes – from Police, Punks, Princesses, MerPeople, Millionaires, Prom and Mad scientists to name a few. There was a lot of effort put into all of the costumes and this helped to make the evening so special.
To the MPS parents & teachers who filled the 25 tables, it was wonderful to see you all answering quiz questions, dancing to some favourite songs, and especially enjoying each other’s company. To those who were unable to attend on the night, we thank you for purchasing raffle tickets and bidding in our online Silent Auction.
To the Fundraising Committee - Sophie, Chevonne, Caitlin, Jacqui, Diana, Tash, Arthur and Lauren – congratulations and a special thank you for helping to organise such a successful event.
We would like to acknowledge our major sponsor Ray’s Garage and all our other generous sponsors who donated prizes, vouchers, and wine for the event. We really appreciate your amazing contributions.
A fun night was had by all and we look forward to your support of future fundraising events in 2024.
Premiers Reading Challenge
The Premiers Reading Challenge medals and certificates have arrived and will be handed out to classes shortly. A massive congratulations again to all students who completed this year!
Overdue Books
At the time of writing there are a whopping 340 overdue books! If your child has brought home an overdue notice or you have received an email about overdue books, please help them have a look for these books at home.
If you or your child is concerned about any books that are overdue please pass a message through their teacher or email vasi.gelasakis474@schools.sa.edu.au, we would much rather students are able to borrow books than worrying about a book they can’t find.
While we expect students to treat our library books with care, we do understand that all sorts of things can happen. Our focus is always to keep students enjoying reading!
Borrowing in Term 4
The last day for borrowing this term is Friday the 1st of December – Week 7. All books should be returned to the library by Wednesday 6th December (Week 8).
Yours in reading,
Vasi and Sunyoung
ASPIRING MUSICIANS!
The 2024 Festival of Music orchestra audition applications are now open. If you play a musical instrument, and want the amazing opportunity of playing in the Festival Theatre orchestra pit, follow this link (Orchestra/Primary Schools' Music Festival (festivalofmusic.org.au) for more details.
ASPIRING ARTISTS!
The 2024 Festival of Music songbook cover competition is now open. If you think you could design next year's songbook cover that will be distributed to thousands of students and teachers statewide, follow this link, (Songbook Cover Competition/Primary Schools' Music Festival (festivalofmusic.org.au) for more details.
CONGRATULATIONS!
...to ALL of our 47 choir singers who sang on the Festival Theatre stage this year. You sang beautifully, and conducted yourselves (pun intended) with the discipline and respect that reflects Mitcham PS's school values. You did yourselves, and the wider school community proud!
CONGRATULATIONS!
...also go out to Alexander P who won a solo. He sang by himself in front of thousands of people, (opening the whole concert) and he absolutely knocked it out of the park!Great job Alex!
YEAR 5's ...that could be you!I look forward to seeing you in choir next year.
Kind regards,Mr Fielder.Cheerio!
Thursday lunchtimes our Christmas ‘choir’ is practising Christmas themed songs. If your child - any year level - just loves to sing and you are happy for them to sing Christmas songs they are welcome in the junior primary performing arts room. We don’t go for all of lunchtime, so students will still get playtime.
Gayle Judd
JP Performing Arts teacher
Year 2 Basketball Team
Wow! What a season. This was our first year of playing basketball. We had so much fun and learnt so much.
A big thank you to Kelly Murray for being the coach and team manager, we appreciate everything that you have taught us.
Year 5 Basketball Team
We had an amazing season playing basketball. Thank you so much to Kayla for being our awesome coach. We have learnt so much from you, we enjoyed our practice sessions and looked forward to each game and we won quite a few games.
